Sunday, November 02, 2008

Rwanda Reading List

My problem with a good reading list for Rwanda is the most of what I find is books on the genocide. These are important to read and understand, but Rwanda's story is more than that terrible event. Perhaps after living there for months I can develop a better list, but here I have some genocide-focused books and some other books about gorillas and hills.

Rwandan Genocide
An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography, Paul Rusesabagina (subject of Hotel Rwanda)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, Philip Gourevitch
As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda, Catherine Claire Larson
Justice on the Grass: Three Rwandan Journalists, Their Trial for War Crimes and a Nation's Quest for Redemption, Dina Temple-Raston
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, Romeo Dallaire (with Samantha Power)

Other Rwanda Reading (to be expanded later)
Gorillas in the Mist, Dian Fossey
In the Kingdom of Gorillas: Fragile Species in a Dangerous Land, Bill Weber
A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It, Stephen Kinzer
Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda, Rosamond Halsey Carr

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